Envisioning an American healthcare system that welcomes its LGBTQ+ patients with the dignity and respect that all patients should be given, Jonathan Gurrola has long been working to make that dream come true.
"Most hospitals don't have a real internal source of how to provide care for LGBTQ+ patients, and there are historical fears—the AIDS epidemic, for example—that cause LGBTQ+ people to not feel safe in a hospital," he said. "Patients are afraid of being misgendered or being referred to by a dead name, and many patients aren't even aware that their partners can visit."
